Changing Poverty, Changing Policies

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Contents Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 CHANGING POVERTY AND CHANGING ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger 1 PART 1 ECONOMIC CHANGES, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, AND TRENDS IN POVERTY 33 Chapter 2 POVERTY LEVELS AND TRENDS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Daniel R. Meyer and Geoffrey L. Wallace 35 Chapter 3 ECONOMIC CHANGE AND THE STRUCTURE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR LESS-SKILLED WORKERS Rebecca M. Blank 63 Chapter 4 FAMILY STRUCTURE, CHILDBEARING, AND PARENTAL EMPLOYMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LEVEL AND TREND IN POVERTY Maria Cancian and Deborah Reed 92 Chapter 5 IMMIGRATION AND POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES Steven Raphael and Eugene Smolensky 122 PART 2 MOBILITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 151 Chapter 6 ENDURING INFLUENCES OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY Katherine Magnuson and Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal 153 Chapter 7 MOBILITY IN THE UNITED STATES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Markus Jäntti 180 PART 3 THE EVOLUTION AND SCOPE OF ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES 201 Chapter 8 TRENDS IN INCOME SUPPORT John Karl Scholz, Robert Moffitt, and Benjamin Cowan 203 Chapter 9 THE ROLE OF FAMILY POLICIES IN ANTIPOVERTY POLICY Jane Waldfogel 242 Chapter 10 IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR POOR CHILDREN Brian A. Jacob and Jens Ludwig 266 Chapter 11 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS AN ANTIPOVERTY STRATEGY: WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? Harry J. Holzer 301 Chapter 12 HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR: FOR WHOM, WHAT CARE, AND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? Katherine Swartz 330 PART 4 THE POLITICS OF POVERTY AND ITS MEANING IN A RICH COUNTRY 365 Chapter 13 POVERTY POLITICS AND POLICY Mary Jo Bane 367 Chapter 14 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE POOR IN A RICH SOCIETY? Robert Haveman 387 INDEX 409 viii / Contents ...